【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 land I might have made it.”It was not fatigue5 or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal. Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing6 the men’s record by two hours! 當(dāng)弗洛倫斯查德威克朝前方看去時(shí)，除了一團(tuán)濃霧，她什么也看不見。她的身體已經(jīng)麻木，她游了快16個(gè)小時(shí)了。 她是第一位游泳往返英吉利海峽的女性?，F(xiàn)在她已34歲了，她的目標(biāo)是成為第一個(gè)從卡特林娜島游到加利福尼亞海岸的女性。 1952年7月4日的早晨，大海就像個(gè)冰窖，霧濃得她連自己的支援船都看不見。 在靠近她的一艘船上，她的母親和教練在不斷鼓勵(lì)她。他們告訴她離岸已經(jīng)不太遠(yuǎn)了，但她的眼前只有霧。他們勸她不要放棄，她從未在中途放棄過……除了這次。她在離岸僅半英里處要求支援船把她拉上去。 幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，她還在暖著她那凍僵了的身體，她告訴記者：“聽著，我不是為自己辯解，但是如果我能看到陸地，我是可以成功的?！贝驍∷牟皇瞧诨蛘吆涞暮Ｋ?，而是濃霧。她無法看到目標(biāo)。 兩個(gè)月后，她再一次嘗試。這次，盡管霧依然很濃，但是她懷著堅(jiān)定的信念，目標(biāo)清晰地呈現(xiàn)在心中。她知道濃霧后的某個(gè)地方就是陸地，而這次她成功了！弗洛倫斯查德維克成為第一個(gè)游過卡特林娜海峽的女性，而且還比男子紀(jì)錄快了兩個(gè)小時(shí)！ 7竹的啟示One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream, and listen to the chirps1 of birds and the rustling2 of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their upright or original position after the wind had died down. When I think about the bamboo tree’s ability to bounce back or return to it’s original position, the word resilience3 es to mind. When used in reference to a person this word means the ability to readily recover from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches4 the limits of a person’s emotions. Have you ever felt like you are about to snap5? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it. During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, mentally exhausted and you most likely endured unpleasant physical symptoms. Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you. A measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal6. With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having. If the going gets tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don’t break. 對(duì)我而言，童年時(shí)代最珍愛的回憶就是去河邊散步、在堤岸上慵懶地閑坐。在那里，我可以盡情地享受這份恬靜和閑適，看著向下游奔涌的河水、傾聽鳥鳴和樹葉的“沙沙”聲。我也會(huì)經(jīng)常注視那片竹林，由于風(fēng)的壓力，竹子會(huì)彎下身子，然而當(dāng)風(fēng)力逐漸減小乃至完全停止時(shí)，它們便會(huì)優(yōu)雅地恢復(fù)到原來那種豎直狀態(tài)。 當(dāng)我回想起竹子所具有的這種恢復(fù)原狀的本領(lǐng)時(shí)，“韌性”這個(gè)詞便在我的腦海中浮現(xiàn)出來。這個(gè)詞用來形容人的時(shí)候，則表示一個(gè)人具有從驚嚇、沮喪以及其它任何超越人類情感極限的狀態(tài)中從容地恢復(fù)過來的能力。 你是否曾覺得自己就要垮掉？你是否曾感到自己正處在崩潰的邊緣？令人欣慰的是，當(dāng)你談?wù)撨@些事情的時(shí)候，你已經(jīng)通過了這些考驗(yàn)并使生活能得以繼續(xù)了。 當(dāng)你經(jīng)歷這些考驗(yàn)的時(shí)候，你也許察覺到了對(duì)你的健康產(chǎn)生危害的復(fù)雜情緒；當(dāng)你感到萎靡不振、心力憔悴時(shí)，各種討厭的病癥也很可能會(huì)接踵而來。 人生是復(fù)雜的，其中既有美好，也有痛苦；既有快樂，也有悲傷。當(dāng)你下一次經(jīng)歷痛苦或悲傷的時(shí)候，當(dāng)你感到自己接近崩潰邊緣的時(shí)候，要順應(yīng)而不是使自己崩潰，盡你的全力不要讓現(xiàn)狀戰(zhàn)勝你。 心懷希望將會(huì)幫助你度過難關(guān)。當(dāng)你對(duì)一個(gè)更好的明天或者更好的狀況到來充滿希望時(shí)，所有事情都不會(huì)像看上去的那么糟糕。如果結(jié)局值得擁有，你將會(huì)更容易戰(zhàn)勝那些不愉快的考驗(yàn)。 假如生活艱難，以至于你正處在崩潰的邊緣，那么就要拿出你的韌性來，像那片竹林一樣彎曲順應(yīng)而不是折斷崩潰。 8第一場(chǎng)雪The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves1) of the dead! All white save the river, that marked2) its course by a winding black line across the landscape3), and the leafless trees, that against the leaden4) sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacy5) of their branches! What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion6)! Every sound was muffled7)。 every noise changed to something soft and musical. No more trampling8) hoofs9), no more rattling10) wheels! Only the chiming11) of sleighbells12), beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children. 第一場(chǎng)雪降臨了。 真美啊！整日整夜，悄無聲息地飄落，落在高山上，落在草地上，落在生者的房頂上，落在逝者的墳塋上！ 萬物皆白，惟有河流蜿蜒成一條黑線穿過雪野，還有無葉的林木，襯映在鉛灰色的天空下，此刻更顯得枝椏交錯(cuò)，儀態(tài)萬千。 初雪飄落時(shí)，是何等的寧謐，何等的幽靜！萬籟俱寂，所有的噪音都化做柔和的音樂。 再也聽不見得得馬蹄聲，也聽不見嘎嘎車輪聲！ 只有雪橇的鈴聲如樂，似孩子們的心兒在歡快地躍動(dòng)。 亨利華茲華斯朗費(fèi)羅 (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807～1882)，美國詩人，一生創(chuàng)作了大量的抒情詩、敘事詩、歌謠和詩劇。在朗費(fèi)羅的這首詩中，描寫了第一場(chǎng)雪紛飛飄落的情景，仿佛把人們帶進(jìn)了一個(gè)童話般的世界。一片靜謐之中，所有的靈魂都能感受到如白雪般的圣潔之美。 9一生中最好的忠告 Several pieces of advice I39。ve gotten in my life have really made a difference. Be nice to people. This sounds like a platitude1), but I39。ll never forget my father telling me that. I was 10, and I had been mean to someone. He said, There is no point in being2) mean to anyone at any time. You never know who you39。re going to meet later in life. And by the way, you don39。t change anything by being mean. Usually you don39。t get anywhere. Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don39。t let anyone say, 39。You39。re not smart enough... it39。s too hard... it39。s a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don39。t do that.39。 My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction. Always do the best job you can do at whatever you39。re assigned3), even if you think it39。s boring. Jerry Parkinson, an assistant advertising manager and my boss at Pamp。G4), told me this in 1979. Here I was fresh out of Harvard Business School(HBS), and I was assigned to determine how big the hole in the Ivory shampoo5) bottle should be: 3/8 of an inch or 1/8 of an inch. I did research, focus groups6) ... and I would e home at night wondering how I had gone from HBS to this. But later I realized that any job you39。re given is an opportunity to prove yourself. Don39。t be a credit7) hog8). If you39。re constantly in the neighborhood of good things, good things will happen to